CITY OF SOMERVILLE, SCHOOL COMMITTEE BOARD OF ALDERMEN CHAMBERS REGULAR MEETING – August 27, 2018 - 7:00 P.M. AMENDED 8/24/18 Somerville Public Schools - School Committee Vision Statement/Goals

We believe in developing the whole child - the intellectual, social, emotional, and physical potential of all students - by providing students with the skills, opportunities, and resources that will nurture innovative ideas, foster pride in diversity, inspire students to become lifelong learners and empower them to enrich their communities.

Goal #1: Increase achievement and access for all students. Reduce all performance gaps by half. Goal #2: Develop and implement a comprehensive PreK-12 social-emotional learning framework that provides students with the skills they need for social and academic success. Goal #3: Increase engagement with the community to reflect the community in which we live. Goal #4: Continue to develop and implement innovative ways of measuring student academic performance and school quality such as formative assessment, performance-based tasks, and whole quality indicators. Goal #5: Develop a comprehensive plan for Universal Kindergarten Readiness that supports intellectual, physical, and social/emotional growth from birth to Pre-K. Goal #6: Develop and implement a strategy to recruit, develop, and retain a diverse and talented staff. ORDER OF BUSINESS

I. CALL TO ORDER Call to order with a moment of silence and a salute to the flag of the United States of America.

II. APPROVAL OF MINUTES  June 18, 2018

III. REPORT OF SUBCOMMITTEES

A. Educational Programs and Instruction Subcommittee: June 18, 2018 (Ms. O’Sullivan)

MOTION: to accept the report of the Educational Programs and Instruction Subcommittee of June 18, 2018.

IV. REPORT OF SUPERINTENDENT A. District Report B. Personnel Report

V. UNFINISHED BUSINESS

VI. NEW BUSINESS A. Somerville Public Schools Policy Manual: The following policies are being presented tonight for the first reading:  File: EFD – Wellness Policy, as amended  File: GBBA-R – Gender Identity Support for Staff

B. Parenting Journey, Parents Bill of Rights (Ms. Palmer, Mr. Green) C. Somerville High School 2018 Summer School Graduates – (Recommended Action: Approval)  Leybi Matal Ramos  Samip Sharma  Jaileen Alicea  Targie Alexandre  Christopher Mooltrey  Kevin Gutierrez Avalos

D. Acceptance of Donations (recommended action: approval) The Superintendent recommends the acceptance, with gratitude, of the following donations:

ORDER OF BUSINESS 2 August 28, 2018

Donation Donor City, State Value Program donated to Monetary East Somerville Main Streets Somerville, MA $300 El Sistema Somerville Grant Nellie Mae Education Quincy, MA $15,000 2018 Lawrence O’Toole Foundation Teacher Leadership Award Grant University Boston, MA $17,992 SPS Consortium Grant Grant SEF Board Somerville, MA $2,475 Calculus Project Grant Cummings Foundation Woburn, MA $100,000 SPS Private Watershed Arlington, MA $1,669 Benjamin G. Brown Grant Association Elementary School Monetary Beverly Schwartz Somerville, MA $10,000 Special education Reading Program VII. ITEMS FROM BOARD MEMBERS

VIII. ADJOURNMENT

The items listed are those reasonably anticipated by the Chair to be discussed at the meeting. Not all items may in fact be discussed and other items not listed may also be brought up for discussion to the extent permitted by law.